Smoking for Life

In Europe, over 215 million people smoke every day. It is a bad thing. Everyone knows they shouldn't smoke because smoking is really bad for the health. So why do people do it? The truth is that nearly 95% of adult(成年人) smokers started when they were teenagers(青少年). People don't usually start smoking after the age of 20. But because smoking is very addictive(使人上癮的), it's hard to stop after you start. So if you start smoking as a teenager, you'll find it difficult to give up as an adult. And almost every adult who smokes wishes they had never started.

Although people know about the dangers of smoking, psychologists(心理學(xué)家) and parents still can't find a way to .stop teenagers doing it. In the United States, about 3,000 teenagers try their first cigarette every day. That's one million new teenage smokers every year.

Teenagers understand that smoking is bad for them but just don't use their common sense. Many teenagers believe that smoking makes them "cool" and "adult(成熟的) ". Some do it just because their friends are doing it.

"Unfortunately(不幸的), when an adult sees you smoking, it's like wearing a big 'I'm a Stupid Teenager' sign(符號(hào).指示牌) around your neck," says Marshall Brain in his book, A Teenager's Guide to the Real World. "Adults don't decide to start smoking. If you start smoking as a teenager, you'll have a habit that i.s dirty, expensive, unhealthy and unwanted for the rest of your life. "

The good news is that the number of teens who smoke is falling. I am very happy about it. Today, in the US, only about 22% of teenagers smoke, down from 36% just 7 years ago. I hope the number will continue to fall.

1.The writer thinks .

A. it's easy for teenagers to stop smoking

B. teenagers want to be special by smoking

C. teenagers don't know the harm of smoking

D. smoking is an expensive and cool habit for teenagers

2.The third paragraph is mainly about .

A. why many teenagers smoke

B. what adults can do for teenagers

C. how teenagers can stop smoking

D. how many teenagers are smoking

3.What is the writer's main purpose(目的）in writing this passage? .

A. To share a book about teenagers smoking.

B. To explain reasons about teenagers smoking.

C. To introduce some bad points about cigarettes.

D. To make teenagers stay away from the cigarettes.

Our body is made of many wonderful parts, but brain is the most amazing of all. Many things are unknown about human brain and scientists are still working hard to understand it.There are many misleading（誤導(dǎo)的）facts about the power of the human brain.

Do you know every day we use 100% of our brain? Some think that no one uses 100% of their brain. But, in fact, we all use it completely. Every part of our brain is connected with some part of our body, and while we are still alive, we use all the parts. So our brain is fully used. But one thing we can say is that we do not use the full potential(潛能) of our brain. The human brain has more potential. For example, there is nothing in the world you cannot learn, but some give up just because they don't think they can do it. In fact, every brain is strong to learn and understand. You need to develop that untouched potential of your brain and give some more time to that work.

There are also some interesting facts you didn't know about the human brain. Our brain can't do many things at the same time. Neurons(神經(jīng)細(xì)胞) in our brain work so quickly that we feel we're doing more than our task, but actually we are not. Our brain does more creativec(創(chuàng)造性的) work when we're tired.

Seeing positivec積極的) in others shows our positive traits(特質(zhì)) , and seeing negative(消極的) in others shows our negative traits. Being with happy people makes happier. Happiness, anger, sadness, fear(懼怕), disgust(厭惡), and surprise are the six feelings that people all over the world show.

We are happier when we are kept busy, as this stops us from thinking about the negative things in life. Our brain makes us different from other animals and enables human to progress and grow. Just put your potential to full use and achieve (達(dá)成) the unbelievable.

1.Is brain the most amazing part of our body?

2.Why do some people give up learning something new?

3.When is the brain more creative?

4.How many kinds of feelings do people show?

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

假如你是李華，你們學(xué)校將要組織一次保護(hù)環(huán)境的志愿活動(dòng)，你打算邀請(qǐng)你班交換生Peter參加.請(qǐng)用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一封電子郵件，告訴他活動(dòng)的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)，活動(dòng)的內(nèi)容，以及需要為此做什么準(zhǔn)備.

提示詞語(yǔ)：pick up，rubbish，put up，posters，a plastic bag

提示問(wèn)題：

When and where will you go?

What will you do for the environment?

What do you advise Peter to prepare for the activity?

Dear Peter ,

How is it going? I'm writing to invite you to take part in the school's activity to

volunteer for a better environment.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm looking forward to your early reply.

Yours ,

Li Hua

Dear Peter ,

How is it going? I'm writing to invite you to take part in the school's activity to

volunteer for a better environment.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm looking forward to your early reply.

Yours ,

Li Hua

健康是人的基本權(quán)力，是幸�？鞓�(lè)的基礎(chǔ)，是國(guó)家文明的標(biāo)志，是社會(huì)和諧的象征。某網(wǎng)站正在開(kāi)展以“Healthy Living”為主題的征文活動(dòng).假如你是李華，請(qǐng)寫(xiě)一篇短文投稿，談?wù)勆�活中你是怎樣保持健康的，以及這樣做的意義。

提示詞語(yǔ)：habit，wash，eat，exercise，good

提示問(wèn)題: What do you do to keep healthy? Why do you do so?

It is very important for us to have healthy living._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

It is very important for us to have healthy living._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Her father a taxi driver. Now he works for a charity.

A. used to be

B. is used to being

C. is

-Could you please help me the picture on the wall?

- OK, no problem.

A. put up B. put on C. put off D. put out

— Would you like to go swimming with me, Tom?

— Sorry, but our teachers always tell us in the river.

A. don’t swim B. not swimming C. not to swim D. to not swim

--- I have some ______ in learning English and I’m so worried. Could you help me with it?

---Sure, I’d love to.

A. joy B. interest

C. kindness D. difficulties

We will some money for the poor children. Would you like to come?

A. spend B. raise C. watch D. imagine

Look! A man is crossing the street. Let’s go and help him.

A. rich B. tall

C. strong D. Blind